PROTOCOLS(5) File Formats Manual PROTOCOLS(5)
NAME
protocols - protocol name data base
DESCRIPTION
The protocols file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should
be present with the following information:
official protocol name
protocol number
aliases
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end
of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
FILES
/etc/protocols
SEE ALSO
getprotoent(3N)
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 6, 1986 PROTOCOLS(5)
